Modern 5-string Banjoists

Creative banjo picking.

CROOKED STILL: Hop High
Rock energy coexists with old-time mountain soul. Spooky backwoods melodies combine with hip, hard-hitting beats. Raw, searing blues riffs intermingle with high heavenly vocals. Sound good? Meet Crooked Still
Recommended if you like Paul Simon, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss.
MP3 price: $15.00
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Fork In The Road
Extreme Vibro-Grass.
CD price: $15.00
PETE WERNICK & FLEXIGRASS: What The
Flexigrass--a supercharged blend of bluegrass with classic jazz.
Recommended if you like Benny Goodman, David Grisman, Scruggs.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
JAKE SCHEPPS: Ten Thousand Leaves
Adventurous Stringband Music: tangos, string quartets, bluegrass, swing, jazzy ballads and more. Produced by Matt Flinner, and featuring the Expedition Quartet, and special guests Matt Flinner and Adam Aijala.
Recommended if you like Béla Fleck, Astor Piazzolla, Matt Flinner.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
TRICYCLE: Emerge and See
Featuring banjo, guitar, upright bass and drums, Tricycle is a fresh response to music-making, alternately dark, meditative, spacious, free -spirited and down-home.
Recommended if you like Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Béla Fleck.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99